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About Mustafa

Leading teams that build intelligent systems at scale.

Technical Lead with 11+ years architecting cloud platforms and AI systems. I lead development teams, provide technical mentorship, and coordinate with stakeholders to ship production systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

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Title
Technical Lead
Experience
11+ years leading teams and architecting scalable systems
Location
Dubai, UAE
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Focus areas

Technical Leadership

Leading development teams from architecture to deployment with 1:1 mentorship, code reviews, and cross-functional coordination.

AI/ML Engineering

Building agentic AI systems with LangChain, LangGraph, and multimodal RAG pipelines. 3+ years deploying production LLM services.

Cloud Architecture

Designing scalable microservices and event-driven systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP with CI/CD automation.

Full-Stack Development

Backend frameworks (Node.js, Python, Go, Rust, Java) and modern frontend (React, Vue, Next.js) with TypeScript.

Experience at a glance

Technical Lead · Al Arabiya News Channel

Jan 2024 - Oct 2025 · Dubai, UAE

Lead development teams and manage software projects from architecture to deployment. Provide technical mentorship and coordinate with stakeholders.

  • Built multimodal RAG pipeline using LangChain/LangGraph for media analysis with multi-agent system handling 10,000+ daily queries.
  • Designed Python microservices for spell-checking, translation, dubbing, and transcription using AWS Bedrock and Vertex AI.
  • Managed multi-cloud deployments across AWS, Azure, and GCP with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps.

Senior Software Engineer · Al Arabiya News Channel

Apr 2020 - Dec 2023 · Dubai, UAE

Built AI services, video encoding pipelines, and microservices powering news delivery at scale.

  • Designed ML recommendation engine using Python, TensorFlow, and vector databases to personalize news content.
  • Built video encoding pipelines, breaking news service, and Text-To-Speech service with queuing and workflow management.
  • Developed microservices using Python, NodeJS, Rust, and GoLang with WebTV applications using Vue and dashboards with Next.js.

Senior Software Engineer · Middle East Broadcasting Center

Sep 2016 - Apr 2019 · Amman, Jordan

Backend architecture redesign for Shahid streaming platform using Node.js microservices and AWS Elemental Services.

  • Built scalable media infrastructure with RESTful APIs, video processing using MediaConvert, and multi-format delivery with MediaPackage.
  • Implemented live streaming with MediaLive, image processing microservices, and database solutions for media metadata.
  • Mentored junior developers on backend practices and system design while driving adoption of cloud-native technologies.

Software Engineer · Middle East Broadcasting Center

Sep 2015 - Sep 2016 · Amman, Jordan

Built HTML5 video players and single-page applications for streaming platform.

  • Developed HTML5 video player with DRM (Playready, Fairplay, Widevine) and responsive playback across devices.
  • Built SPAs using React.js with TypeScript, reusable UI components, and test-driven development using Karma and Mocha.

Software Engineer · EtQ

Jul 2014 - Sep 2015 · Amman, Jordan

UI revamp and real-time features for Quality Management System.

  • Modernized interface with Angular, HTML5, and CSS3 with mobile application using Cordova and PhoneGap.
  • Built chat service using Node.js and WebSocket for real-time collaboration.

Strengths

Leadership

  • Technical Mentoring & Code Reviews
  • Cross-functional Collaboration
  • Team Coordination & Agile Methodologies

AI/ML

  • LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI
  • RAG Architectures & Multi-Agent Systems
  • AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI, Vector DBs

Cloud

  • AWS, Azure, GCP
  • Microservices & Event-Driven Systems
  • Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD

Backend

  • Python, Node.js, Go, Rust, Java
  • FastAPI, Nest.js, Spring Boot
  • PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka

Frontend

  • React, TypeScript, Angular, Vue
  • Next.js, Nuxt.js, Tailwind CSS
  • Responsive Design & SPA Architecture

Media Engineering

  • AWS Elemental (MediaConvert, MediaPackage, MediaLive)
  • Video Codecs (H.264, H.265/HEVC)
  • HLS/DASH Streaming, CloudFront CDN

Credentials

  • Developing Serverless Solutions on AWS (Dec 2022)
  • Security Engineering on AWS (Dec 2022)
  • Running Containers on Amazon EKS (Dec 2022)
  • Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 - Microsoft (2014)
  • B.Sc. Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering - University of Jordan (2008-2013)
  • Languages: Arabic (Native), English (Native)